English Teacher Customer Service

Jessica Russian Sifontes

Carrera **B # *** – **, Interior 1, Apartment 203, Bogotá, Colombia

315-***-**** *******.*******.*@*****.*** Skype: jekodama Introductory video: https://goo.gl/jSFDdX

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicarussiansifontes/ Education

M. Sc. In Administrative Sciences, Focused on Business Management July 2016 Universidad de Oriente – Venezuela

B. Sc. In Accounting July 2006

Universidad de Oriente – Venezuela

Certificates

Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Being a Professional October 2018 Commonwealth Education Trust through Coursera.org

Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Being a Teacher October 2018 Commonwealth Education Trust through Coursera.org

Get Organized: How to Be a Together Teacher September 2018 Relay Graduate School of Education through Coursera.org Writing for Young Readers: Opening the Treasure Chest May 2018 Commonwealth Education Trust through Coursera.org

Creative Writing (Specialization) January 2018

Wesleyan University through Coursera.org

ELL Success in the Content Classroom: Teacher Toolbox Series (Specialization) October 2017 Arizona State University through Coursera.org

TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Certificate June 2017 Arizona State University through Coursera.org

ADHD: Everyday Strategies for Elementary Students June 2017 The State University of New York through Coursera.org Teaching Experience

Montessori British School, Bogotá, Colombia August 2018 to Present Social Studies Teacher

Teach courses in Social Studies, History, Geography, to middle school students, utilizing core curriculum and other appropriate learning activities

Encourage pupils to develop skills and attitudes, draw conclusions, achieve improved interpersonal relationships, and make value judgments based on scientific methods of inquiry

Provide individual and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of pupils

Establish and maintain standards of pupil behavior

Communicate with parents and school counselors on pupil progress

Participate in curriculum and other developmental programs

Participate in faculty committees and the sponsorship of student activities MicroLanguage, China / Remote June 2018 to Present Online English Teacher

Deliver ESL/EFL lessons via Baijia Cloud and ClassIn, two dedicated teaching software with audio and video streaming capabilities

Focus on speaking and pronunciation skills

Prepare additional materials to engage students and further improve their learning

Providing feedback to students after the lesson has concluded Colegio Integral El Manglar, Venezuela September 2013 to February 2015 English Teacher

Taught English to Elementary and Middle School students in classrooms up to 25 people

Planned lessons and created materials and assessments according to the institution’s standards

Designed and implemented pedagogical and academic projects to improve my students’ comprehension and output of language

Created the English Filmmaking Club for Students Luz Inversiones, C. A., Venezuela January 2006 to July 2012 English Teacher

Planned lessons and materials, and taught English to adults, focusing on developing communication skills towards work related language.

Taught English as outsourced teacher to First and Second Semester students of Universidad Santa María and Instituto Universitario Politécnico Santiago Mariño, following each institutions’ syllabus

Assessed the effectiveness of the learning process and implemented corrective measures to improve the students’ results in standardized tests

U. E. A. I. Juan Jacobo Rousseau, Venezuela September 2005 to May 2012 English Teacher

Taught English to Elementary and High School students in classrooms up to 40 people

Worked with students with learning disabilities or difficulties such as ADHD, Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Blindness, Muteness, and Deafness to help them learn a new language

Scaffolded educational materials to meet my students’ needs and assessed the effectiveness of the learning process

Designed pedagogical and academic projects tailored to my students’ needs

Created the Book Circle, a reading club for students and parents U. E. Eduardo Blanco, Venezuela September 2003 to August 2004 English Teacher’s Aid

Developed of Classroom Pedagogical Projects (standalone and combined with Spanish) to enhance communication skills.

Created ludic activities to encourage students to use vocabulary in English

Created materials to improve the students’ gross and fine motor skills

During the last month of the school year, I planned and taught full lessons of 60 minutes for Nursery, Preschool and Kindergarten

Related Experience

International TEFL Training Institute, Colombia January 2018 to July 2018 TEFL TESOL Trainer

Teaching materials of the TEFL course

Grading papers and managing participants’ scheduling for teaching practice

Observing trainees during teaching practice

Providing feedback and additional technique training if required

Teaching the local language to foreign TEFL course participants

Providing feedback on resumes/CVs

Facilitating securing a teaching position

Providing of references where appropriate

Fundación Educativa Personal Growth, Colombia August 2016 to August 2018 Academic Coordinator / English Instructor

Interview candidates for teaching positions

Arrange the integration of new teachers to the company (living arrangements, work visa, foreigner's ID, Spanish classes if necessary)

Train new teachers in our methodology and practices

Coordinate schedules, teachers, and pedagogical techniques, according to the institution's program

Follow up on teachers' performance by doing regular class supervisions, and offering feedback

Teach English 10 hours per week, following the institution’s program and CEFR

Plan, prepare and deliver lessons.

Prepare teaching materials.

Help pupils improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills via individual and group sessions.

Check and assess pupils' work.

Perform regular evaluations, both formative and summative, to assess students’ progress, and apply corrective measures if necessary

Freelance Translator, Remote March 2015 to Present English-Spanish Translator

Autonomous translation of scientific, technical, commercial, literary, legal, and educational documents

Read through original material and rewrote it in the target language, ensuring that the meaning of the source text was retained

Use appropriate software for presentation and delivery

Liaise with clients to discuss any unclear points

Proofread and edited final translated versions

Provide clients with a grammatically correct, well-expressed final version of the translated text, usually as a word-processed document

Freelance Blog Writer, Remote November 2013 to December 2017 Blog writer and content creator

Researching and writing articles for different niches, such as www.thingforyourdesk.com, www.okuroku.com, and www.sofasumo.com

Checking and copyediting articles written by other writers

Familiar with WordPress and SEO writing

Skills and Abilities

Bilingual English – Spanish

Computer Skills (Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Windows OS and Office Suite, Accounting Software)

Experienced in Customer Service

Ability to work in teams, as well as take the leadership in them References available upon request

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